December 2020 TBR

Honestly…I don’t even know if I want to make a TBR for this month because I haven’t really been following them, but here we are.

• Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane – Currently Reading
• How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
• Here’s Looking At You by Mhairi McFarlane
• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
• The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker
• Master of One by Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett

And we’ll see what else I get to. I’ve been so bad at doing ARCs lately so I’ve got quite a few of those piled up…

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

November 2020 TBR

I’m really not planning on holding myself to this TBR. I’ve been such a mood reader lately so we’ll just see how this month goes.

• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Currently Reading
• Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch [ARC 11/10] – Currently Reading
• The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White [ARC 11/10]
• It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne [ARC 12/1]
• The Umbrella Academy vols 2-3 by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba (reread)

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

October 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I had high hopes for this month, but I ended up feeling so slumpy. Nothing sounded good and I had no motivation to actually read. On the other hand, I did catch up on some graphic novel series and ended up doing some rereads so I read more than it felt like I did.

• The Umbrella Academy vols 1-3 by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba (reread) – Finished volume 1
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (preorder) – Read and reviewed
• Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff [ARC 10/6]
• Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch [ARC 11/10] – Currently Reading
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – Read and reviewed
• Emma by Jane Austen (book club)

Also read/reading:

• Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody – Currently Reading
• The How and the Why by Cynthia Hand – Read, review coming
• Lumberjanes vol 12: Jackalope Springs Eternal by Shannon Watters et al – Read
• Lumberjanes vol 14: X Marks the Spot by Shannon Watters et al – Read
• The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen – Reread, dream cast
• The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton – Read and reviewed
• Runaways vol 4: But You Can’t Hide by Rainbow Rowell – Read
• Runaways vol 5: Canon Fodder by Rainbow Rowell – Read
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black – Reread
• The Wicked King by Holly Black – Reread
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 12
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of October = 319
Books added to TBR = 14
Books read/deleted from TBR = 8
Total on TBR now = 325

How did your reading go this month?

All the series finales | November TBR

The Toll by Neal Shusterman, The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black…WHAT A MONTH. I’m super pumped for some of these November releases.

• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim [ARC 1/7]
• The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord [ARC 1/7]
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens [Book Club]
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Caraval by Stephanie Garber [Book Club]
• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Hopefully:

• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
• The Toll by Neal Shusterman

We’ll see how quickly my library holds get fulfilled (fingers crossed).

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

September was Holly Black month | September Wrap-Up & TBR Update

My reading mood continues (thankfully) I feel like I’ve just been reading really good books lately and I’ve been excited to read. Audio books have also been super helpful in increasing my reading productivity though my podcasts have been suffering a little bit.

• In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund [ARC 10/8] – Read and reviewed
• Fireborne by Rosaria Munda [ARC 10/15] – Currently Reading
• The Big Year by Mark Obmascik – Read and reviewed
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty [Book Club] – Read and reviewed
• Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley – Finished #8, currently listening to #9
• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling – Finished #3

Also read/reading:

• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• The Wicked King by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – Read and reviewed
• The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• The Lost Sisters by Holly Black – Read
• The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo – DNF, 88 pgs
• Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty – Read and reviewed
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson – Read

Books finished this month: 11 plus 1 novella and 1 DNF
Books currently reading: 2

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of September = 412
Books added to TBR = 2
Books read/deleted from TBR = 72
Total on TBR now = 342

How did your reading go this month?

10 books to read before the end of the year

I set my reading goal at the beginning of the year to be 70 books. As of right now, I have surpassed that number beyond my wildest dreams. I reset my goal for 100, but I’m currently sitting at 90 and I think I’ll easily be able to hit that new number. However, I’m going to make another goal to at least read these 10 books before the end of the year:

Legendary by Stephanie Garber – Sitting on my shelf…mocking me. I will get to it this year!

Order: Hardcover | Paperback | eBook

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – This was on my year TBR so I better finish it before the end of the year!

Order: Hardcover | Paperback | eBook

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell – Just got this one from B&N. I’ve loved all of Gladwell’s books so I’m especially excited for this one!

Order: Hardcover | eBook

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – Preordered! So pumped. I LOVED The Night Circus and this book just sounds AMAZING. I never preorder (because $$$) but I made an exception with this one (and I had a gift card).

Preorder: Hardcover | eBook

Bad Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett – I’m hoping to get to this one next month! I’ve got it on my Kindle ready to go.

Order: Hardcover | Paperback | eBook

Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – I read a ton of Holly Black when I was in junior high and I’ve reinstated my status of Holly Black trash recently (see below). No one does faeries better!

Preorder: Hardcover | eBook

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black – **Shrugs**

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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – I started this one so long ago and haven’t gotten around to finishing it. I want to finish it before the end of the year!

Order: Hardcover | Paperback | eBook

The Umbrella Academy vol 3: Hotel Oblivion by Gerard Way – SO PUMPED FOR THIS.

Preorder: Paperback | eBook

Runaways vol 4: But You Can’t Hide by Rainbow Rowell – I recently got back into Runaways. I read the originals way back when they came out and I’ve been pretty happy with this reboot. The Hulu show is trash though.

Preorder: Paperback

What are some books you’re hoping to read before the end of the year?